WASHINGTON–The U.S. military has put countering China and Russia at the center of a new national defense strategy unveiled on Friday, the latest sign of shifting priorities after more than a decade and a half of focusing on the fight against Islamist terrorists.
In presenting the new strategy, which will set priorities for the Pentagon for years to come, Defense Secretary James Mattis called China and Russia “revisionist powers” that “seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models.”
